Their light cruisers end up as training ships despite their voracious armament. The Germans also have another problem because they do not have sustainable light cruiser to the high tiers, their heavy cruisers is a bit of an anomaly, their naval cruiser meta stems from the First World War, where you look at the Armored Cruisers and Battlecruisers. As these cruisers were getting old, the Agano, growing out from the techs developed in the Yubari, was slated to replace them. But they needed a ship to lead their excellent destroyer fleet, which were primarily led by RN design inspired WW1 light cruisers (Tenryu, Kuma, Nagara, Sendai). The IJN decided they don't need the big type, which is adopted in the US, UK, and USSR, and the "big" cruisers all get 8" guns. The latter belongs to types like the Cleveland, Brooklyn, Worcester, County classes, etc. Light cruisers can even be split into two - a scout or destroyer leader type, which is basically a small light cruiser, and the large light cruisers that match and sometimes even exceed, heavy cruisers in size and tonnage. Brooklyn/Cleveland classes, Towns classes in the UK, etc.). This resulted in the lack of "large" light cruisers other nations have, e.g. So here is another problem with the IJN - they decided that their larger cruisers should get 8" guns instead of 6". From the Mogami you get the Tone which also originally started as a light cruiser, then converted into a heavy cruiser. From the Yubari also comes the Katori training cruisers and the Ning Hai class (sold to the Chinese before they had a war, and then the Agano and Mogami (which were later switched to 203s). The last three were all dedicated heavy cruisers from the started. From the Furutaka, you get the Aoba, then the Myoko and then the Takao. From the Yubari, the Furutaka was designed after it, originally with 6 140mm guns (would like to see that config in the game) before they were switched to 203s in response to the US (Omaha to Pensacola).
The Yubari is the basis of modern Hiraga based IJN ship design. Because its a one off ship? The problem is that the Yubari is also a vital missing link in the IJN cruiser evolution. You see the fork point for the IJN between light and heavy begins with the Yubari, which is moved out of the tree by turning it into a premium. Its going to be a bit of a problem with the IJN.
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